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quash

[ kwosh ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue:

    to quash a rebellion.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. to make void, annul, or set aside (a law, indictment, decision, etc.).


quash

/ 办飞蓲蕛 /

verb

  1. to subdue forcefully and completely; put down; suppress
  2. to annul or make void (a law, decision, etc)
  3. to reject (an indictment, writ, etc) as invalid
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 耻苍路辩耻补蝉丑别诲顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of quash1

1300鈥50; Middle English quashen to smash, break, overcome, suppress < Old French quasser, in part < Latin 辩耻补蝉蝉腻谤别 to shake (frequentative of quatere to shake; concussion ); in part < Late Latin 肠补蝉蝉腻谤别 to annul, derivative of Latin cassus empty, void
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of quash1

C14: from Old French quasser, from Latin 辩耻补蝉蝉腻谤别 to shake
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Example Sentences

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You鈥檝e largely had some playful responses quashing the likelihood of that happening.

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However, a study published in the Journal of Zoology quashed these rumours.

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There are some business owners and community leaders who don鈥檛 agree with the approach that city officials are taking to quash crime, Langer said.

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Clients have told him of officers allowing youths to fight to quash a beef, sometimes even telling other youths when and where a fight would happen.

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Introducing the law change in 2014, the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government argued it would stop compensation going to people who only had their conviction quashed on a technicality, and therefore might be guilty.

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